Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv prt] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At four and a half thousand pound of sales we start to pay extra fift in fact at four thousand pound we start but it 's only a small bonus so I home in on the bigger one . |
| 2 | When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest . |
| 3 | Below , I look down on the differing surfaces , the differing states of ripeness from light green through to gold . |
| 4 | I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different . |
| 5 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 6 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 7 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 8 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 9 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |